turba

See also: turbá

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tourbe, from Old High German zurf.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. peat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. mob

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Hausa

Noun

turbā̀ f

1. path, track, lane

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Italian

Verb

turba

1. third-person singular present indicative of turbare
2. second-person singular imperative of turbare

Etymology

From Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbe)

1. crowd, throng
2. mob

Anagrams

• bruta

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Latin

Etymology 1

Probably from Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē, “tumult, disorder, turmoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”); related to English storm.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪ʊrbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪urbä]

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Noun

turba f (genitive turbae); first declension

1. stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble
2. mob, crowd, throng
3. multitude

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	turba	turbae
Genitive	turbae	turbārum
Dative	turbae	turbīs
Accusative	turbam	turbās
Ablative	turbā	turbīs
Vocative	turba	turbae

Synonyms

• (crowd): multitūdō

Related terms

• turbellae
• turben
• turbidus
• turbidē
• turbineus
• turbinātiō
• turbinātus
• turbula
• turbulenter
• turbulentus
• turbulentē
• turbulentō
• turbāmentum
• turbātiō
• turbātiō
• turbātor
• turbātrix
• turbātus
• turbātē
• turbēlae
• turbō

 

Descendants

• Galician: turba
• Italian: turba
• Portuguese: turba
• Spanish: turba
• → Middle Welsh: twryf, turvf, turyf, twrf, twrw, twrwf, tyryf
  • Welsh: twrf

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.baː/, [ˈt̪ʊrbäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtur.ba/, [ˈt̪urbä]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) turbā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of turbō

References

• “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “turba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• turba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• turba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the lictors clear the way: lictores summovent turbam (Liv. 4. 50)
    
• turba in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “turba”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “turba”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾβɐ/

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. crowd, throng
2. mob

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:turba.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin turbāre, present active infinitive of turbō.

Verb

a turba (third-person singular present turbă, past participle turbat) 1st conj.

1. to rage, go mad

Conjugation

    conjugation of turba (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a turba
gerund			turbând
past participle			turbat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	turb	turbi	turbă	turbăm	turbați	turbă
	imperfect	turbam	turbai	turba	turbam	turbați	turbau
	simple perfect	turbai	turbași	turbă	turbarăm	turbarăți	turbară
	pluperfect	turbasem	turbaseși	turbase	turbaserăm	turbaserăți	turbaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să turb	să turbi	să turbe	să turbăm	să turbați	să turbe
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		turbă			turbați
	negative		nu turba			nu turbați

Derived terms

• turbare

Related terms

• tulbura
• tulbure
• turbăciune
• turbină
• perturba

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tourbe, from Old High German zurf.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. peat

Derived terms

• turbero

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin turba.

Noun

turba f (plural turbas)

1. mob

Etymology 3

Form of turbar.

Verb

turba

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of turbar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of turbar.